"Only the pots know the boiling points of the broths," she says as Tita weeps into the wedding batter she is making to celebrate the marriage of her sister to her own true love.

"Only the pots know the boiling points of the broths," she says as Tita weeps into the wedding batter she is making to celebrate the marriage of her sister to her own true love.

[...] each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves

There are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential.

Words travel as swiftly as desire, so it is possible to send a message of love without them.

You don't have to think about love; you either feel it or you don't.

The most elementary of good manners . . . at a social gathering one does not bring up the subject of personalities, sad topics or unfortunate facts, religion, or politics.